The Great Wall of Xin Shi isn’t actually a wall of course. It does ring the planet, where day and night meet, but it isn’t a single building by any means. It’s broken up by lakes and small oceans, and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Most of the Normans ruled England from Normandy. My little branch of the family actually did move to England, but many of us stayed. We continued to speak our own little version of French, and to rule the island as[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
There’s an old saying, from back before Contact. You can be full of wisdom or full of youth. You can’t have both. That’s still true of the lower classes in places like China and India, where population and cultural pressures[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The betrayals we suffered after The War caught us by surprise. Even most of those in Charles’ family did not see them coming. Perhaps we should have. We knew they did not like us. Even those nominally on Charles’ side[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Norman branch of my family helped to conquer England long ago, after a disagreement over who would be the new king. There were very few of us of course, and many locals. Like the original Norsemen in Normandy, we[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Even the Peloran Treatments don’t guarantee good health, don’t make us immune to abuse. Not exercising, or eating poisonous junk will still mess you up. The treatments simply give us a leg up on anyone who doesn’t take them. The[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The modern Normans first formed as a people when Norse mercenaries colonized Normandy. They promised to protect the coasts from other Norse raiders, and intermarried with the local French. As time went by, the Normans married into even the royal[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
When you’re healthy, you can live a long time. Before the Peloran Treatments, a healthy person could live over a century pretty easy. Mostly, the treatments just improve that, boosting our bodies’ ability to heal themselves. To help them properly[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The oldest surviving home that my family maintains is in Europe. France to be precise. Our home was lost during the 100 Years War. We had other priorities at the time. We acquired it again in later centuries, in exchange[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The interesting thing about the treatments is that nobody reacts in exactly the same way to them. Most people start aging at an effective rate of 1 year for every 10. Some age slower, some faster. The really old can[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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